Mullen DE now plans to sign with CU instead of CSU

Jan. 27, 2013

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Timothy Coleman, a defensive end out of Mullen High School in Denver, changed his college plans over the weekend, telling Rivals.com that he would sign with the University of Coloradoís football program rather than CSUís.

Coleman, a 6-foot-3, 246-pounder, had two quarterback sacks and eight tackles in Mullenís season-opening win over Valor Christian this past fall but suffered a season-ending knee injury a week later.

Coleman had surgery in October to repair torn anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments and the meniscus in his right knee. He told the Coloradoan in December that his recovery was going well and that he hoped to run sprints in track this spring. Coleman told Rivals.com on Friday that he wonít be fully cleared now until June, forcing him to miss the track season.

Before suffering the injury, Coleman had run a hand-timed 4.6-second 40-yard dash.

Coleman didnít return phone or text messages Sunday. He said in December that he wanted to play college football close to home. CU hadnít hired a coach yet when Coleman made his original commitment but has since hired Mike MacIntyre, who spent the past three years at San Jose State.

National signing day is Feb. 6, and Colemanís change of heart leaves CSU with 22 known verbal commitments in what second-year coach Jim McElwain said could be a signing class of up to 26 athletes.

NCAA rules prohibit college coaches from discussing specific recruits until they have signed letters of intent.

Coleman, a two-star prospect on Rivals.comís scale of 0-5 stars, also had scholarship offers from New Mexico and Northern Colorado.